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Scholars in ISLAM pleading for the Innocent life of Alan Henning
PUBLISHED: 07:50 GMT, 20 September 2014 | UPDATED: 00:54 GMT, 21 September 2014
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High-profile Muslim scholars have taken to YouTube to warn terrorists holding British aid worker Alan Henning that their actions are 'totally prohibited' under Sharia law.
The latest plea to free the former taxi driver from Manchester who travelled to the region as an aid worker last year is made by a judge on the Sharia council in London, a director of Prophetic Guidance and an Imam.
It comes after more than a hundred representatives from Britain's Muslim community signed a letter urging Isis to release the 47-year-old who appeared at the end of a video last Saturday in which fellow captive David Haines was killed.
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Muslim scholars have taken to YouTube to warn terrorists holding British aid worker Alan Henning that their actions are 'totally prohibited' under Sharia law
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Judge Shaykh Haitham Al Haddad (pictured), a judge on the Sharia council in London, said executing Alan Henning would be 'prohibited according to Sharia'
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Ustadh Abu Eesa (pictured), a director of Prophetic Guidance, is based in Manchester and said on the YouTube video that he would 'personally vouch for' Alan Henning
In a YouTube video Judge Shaykh Haitham Al Haddad said: 'This is to confirm that executing this man is ... impermissible, prohibited according to Sharia.'
Ustadh Abu Eesa, a director of Prophetic Guidance, is based in Manchester and said he would 'personally vouch for' Mr Henning, adding that his would-be killers are defacing the religion of Islam.
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Footage earlier this week showed Mr Henning with other aid workers on the Greece-Turkey border in December last year saying the dangerous journey to Syria is 'worthwhile' to help those in need.
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Imam Shakeel Begg (pictured), of Lewisham Islamic Centre quotes from the Koran, explained that there is 'no justification in our religion that allows you to continue to hold him let alone harm' Alan Henning
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The latest plea to free Alan Henning (pictured left and right, in the Isis video) who travelled to the region as an aid worker last year is made by a judge on the Sharia council in London
ISIS warned on YouTube that threatened murder of Alan Henning is against Sharia Law | Daily Mail Online
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UK Imams call on 'immediate and unconditional' release of Alan Henning from hands of Isis - Home News - UK - The Independent
Alan Henning video appeal to IS by imams
Imam Haitham al-Haddad: "Executing this man is not the answer"
Two high-profile imams in the UK have made a direct appeal to Islamic State to free British hostage Alan Henning.
In a YouTube video, Shakeel Begg and Haitham al-Haddad said there was no justification for holding the 47-year-old, who was captured in Syria.
Mr Henning, a taxi driver from Eccles in Salford, was delivering aid when he was seized last December.
Holding him captive is "totally haram [forbidden]" under Islamic law, the clerics said.
The clerics say the video is aimed at IS militants in Iraq and Syria and its supporters in the UK.
'Man of peace'
The video makes no mention of John Cantlie, a second British man being detained by IS.
Alan Henning spoke of the suffering of the Syrian people before being captured in the country
In the appeal, Mr Begg, imam at Lewisham Islamic Centre in south London, said he had campaigned for the release of Muslims from Belmarsh and Guantanamo Bay prisons.
"For the same reasons today I stand with Alan Henning," he said.
"I urge you to understand the nature of this prisoner you are holding - a man of peace."
Mr al-Haddad, an imam from the Islamic Sharia Council, describes Mr Henning as an "innocent, humanitarian aid worker".
"Executing this man is totally haram," he said. "Impermissible, prohibited according to sharia for a number of reasons.
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It is not permissible whatsoever to harm a person who believes that he is safe among the people he is working with”
Ustadh Abu EesaMuslim cleric
The imam appealed directly to IS fighters to "adhere to the sharia ruling on this matter".
Both Mr Begg and Mr al-Haddad are controversial figures who have made headlines for promoting a highly conservative strand of Islam, says BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani.
A third Muslim cleric who appeared in the video appeal, Ustadh Abu Eesa - founder of the Prophetic Guidance institute in Manchester - said he personally vouched for Mr Henning.
"It is not permissible whatsoever to harm a person who believes that he is safe among the people he is working with.
"This safety must be honoured."
Islamic State made rapid advances through Syria and northern Iraq over the summer
He went on to warn IS that it risked "defacing" Islam by committing "the most grievous of crimes that can be committed among humans - the taking of innocent life".
Earlier this week more than 100 British Muslim imams, organisations and individuals expressed their "horror and revulsion" at the "senseless murder" of another aid worker from the UK, David Haines, and the threats to Mr Henning.
A video showing the killing of Mr Haines was recently released by IS.
His death followed that of two US hostages which were also shown in videos.
Video footage of Mr Henning - filmed before he was captured in Syria - has shown him describing his trips to the country
BBC News - Alan Henning video appeal to IS by imams
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- Describe threats to murder taxi driver as 'totally prohibited' under Sharia law
- The 47-year-old appeared at end of video last week in which fellow captive David Haines was killed
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PUBLISHED: 07:50 GMT, 20 September 2014 | UPDATED: 00:54 GMT, 21 September 2014
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High-profile Muslim scholars have taken to YouTube to warn terrorists holding British aid worker Alan Henning that their actions are 'totally prohibited' under Sharia law.
The latest plea to free the former taxi driver from Manchester who travelled to the region as an aid worker last year is made by a judge on the Sharia council in London, a director of Prophetic Guidance and an Imam.
It comes after more than a hundred representatives from Britain's Muslim community signed a letter urging Isis to release the 47-year-old who appeared at the end of a video last Saturday in which fellow captive David Haines was killed.
Scroll down for video
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Muslim scholars have taken to YouTube to warn terrorists holding British aid worker Alan Henning that their actions are 'totally prohibited' under Sharia law
+8
Judge Shaykh Haitham Al Haddad (pictured), a judge on the Sharia council in London, said executing Alan Henning would be 'prohibited according to Sharia'
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Ustadh Abu Eesa (pictured), a director of Prophetic Guidance, is based in Manchester and said on the YouTube video that he would 'personally vouch for' Alan Henning
In a YouTube video Judge Shaykh Haitham Al Haddad said: 'This is to confirm that executing this man is ... impermissible, prohibited according to Sharia.'
Ustadh Abu Eesa, a director of Prophetic Guidance, is based in Manchester and said he would 'personally vouch for' Mr Henning, adding that his would-be killers are defacing the religion of Islam.
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Footage earlier this week showed Mr Henning with other aid workers on the Greece-Turkey border in December last year saying the dangerous journey to Syria is 'worthwhile' to help those in need.
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Imam Shakeel Begg (pictured), of Lewisham Islamic Centre quotes from the Koran, explained that there is 'no justification in our religion that allows you to continue to hold him let alone harm' Alan Henning
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The latest plea to free Alan Henning (pictured left and right, in the Isis video) who travelled to the region as an aid worker last year is made by a judge on the Sharia council in London
ISIS warned on YouTube that threatened murder of Alan Henning is against Sharia Law | Daily Mail Online
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
UK Imams call on 'immediate and unconditional' release of Alan Henning from hands of Isis - Home News - UK - The Independent
Alan Henning video appeal to IS by imams
Imam Haitham al-Haddad: "Executing this man is not the answer"
Two high-profile imams in the UK have made a direct appeal to Islamic State to free British hostage Alan Henning.
In a YouTube video, Shakeel Begg and Haitham al-Haddad said there was no justification for holding the 47-year-old, who was captured in Syria.
Mr Henning, a taxi driver from Eccles in Salford, was delivering aid when he was seized last December.
Holding him captive is "totally haram [forbidden]" under Islamic law, the clerics said.
The clerics say the video is aimed at IS militants in Iraq and Syria and its supporters in the UK.
'Man of peace'
The video makes no mention of John Cantlie, a second British man being detained by IS.
In the appeal, Mr Begg, imam at Lewisham Islamic Centre in south London, said he had campaigned for the release of Muslims from Belmarsh and Guantanamo Bay prisons.
"For the same reasons today I stand with Alan Henning," he said.
"I urge you to understand the nature of this prisoner you are holding - a man of peace."
Mr al-Haddad, an imam from the Islamic Sharia Council, describes Mr Henning as an "innocent, humanitarian aid worker".
"Executing this man is totally haram," he said. "Impermissible, prohibited according to sharia for a number of reasons.
Continue reading the main story
“Start Quote
It is not permissible whatsoever to harm a person who believes that he is safe among the people he is working with”
Ustadh Abu EesaMuslim cleric
The imam appealed directly to IS fighters to "adhere to the sharia ruling on this matter".
Both Mr Begg and Mr al-Haddad are controversial figures who have made headlines for promoting a highly conservative strand of Islam, says BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani.
A third Muslim cleric who appeared in the video appeal, Ustadh Abu Eesa - founder of the Prophetic Guidance institute in Manchester - said he personally vouched for Mr Henning.
"It is not permissible whatsoever to harm a person who believes that he is safe among the people he is working with.
"This safety must be honoured."
He went on to warn IS that it risked "defacing" Islam by committing "the most grievous of crimes that can be committed among humans - the taking of innocent life".
Earlier this week more than 100 British Muslim imams, organisations and individuals expressed their "horror and revulsion" at the "senseless murder" of another aid worker from the UK, David Haines, and the threats to Mr Henning.
A video showing the killing of Mr Haines was recently released by IS.
His death followed that of two US hostages which were also shown in videos.
Video footage of Mr Henning - filmed before he was captured in Syria - has shown him describing his trips to the country
BBC News - Alan Henning video appeal to IS by imams
